- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 24 May 2004
* ONOT0405.24
- Birds mentioned
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Brant
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
YELLOW RAIL
Semipalmated Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Red Knot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
WESTERN SANDPIPER
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Dunlin
Wilson's Phalarope
Common Tern
ARCTIC TERN
FORSTER'S TERN
Black Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Great Horned Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Canada Warbler
Lincoln's Sparrow
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 24 May 2004
number: 613-860-9000 press 2
to report: 613-860-9000 press #
coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que.
compilers : Chris Lewis
: Terry Higgins
: Colin Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
transcriber: Michelle Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE - MAY 24 2004 AT 6:00 PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
This afternoon (May 24) between 2:15 and 3:15, in the rain and
strong east winds, a congregation of approximately 1000 restless
Brant were in the vicinity of the Des Chenes rapids immediately
west of the Brtiannia Yacht Club. Seven calling Whimbrels flew
over the same location at around 2:30. An adult FORSTER'S TERN was
on the Ottawa River behind the Britannia filtration plant from
2:45 to 3:15 PM, and 11 ARCTIC TERNS flew east down the Des Chenes
rapids at approximately 3:15 PM. The FORSTER'S TERN was on a small
dead-head in the river not far off shore from the filtration plant
and may still be present.
A WESTERN SANDPIPER discovered in the Sabourin marsh behind the
Sport-teque arena in Hull, Quebec, has not been reported since the
17th.
On the 21st the Embrun sewage lagoons had fewer Least Sandpipers
than the previous week, but approx. 150 were still present, along
with 4 Semipalmated Plovers, 3 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Semipalmated
Sandpipers, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin and at least 40
Wilson's Phalaropes. A Red Knot reported from the SW cell on the
19th was not seen on the 21st.
The same day, during strong NE winds, 4 ARCTIC TERNS circled the
Embrun lagoons before heading west, and 2 Black Terns arrived and
began feeding. Common Terns were reported from Petrie Island on
the 18th.
A visit to the Richmond fen on the night of May 21st produced both
American and Least Bittern, 5 YELLOW RAILS and a few Sedge Wrens,
all heard from the railroad tracks near the southern edge of the
fen, and 4 Great Horned Owls were heard in the Munster Rd. and
Kettles Rd. area the same night.
Walking along the railroad tracks at Huntmar Dr. north of
Richardson Side Rd. was productive for many species of woodland
birds throughout the week, including 2 Black-billed Cuckoos and a
Mourning Warbler on the 22nd. The Blue-winged Warbler discovered
here on the 16th has not since been reported, but a male Golden-
winged Warbler was seen farther east near the bend in the tracks
on the 18th. Both Alder and Willow Flycatchers are in the area as
well.
A male Wild Turkey strutted across the Thomas Dolan Parkway south
of Dunrobin on the 22nd.
A Yellow-throated Vireo was found in Gatineau Park on the 17th
along the Meech Lake Rd. near the intersection with Fortune Lake
Rd. The Britannia Conservation Area hosted a Canada Warbler and a
Lincoln's Sparrow on the 21st, and at least 2 Marsh Wrens were on
territory in the marsh west of Moodie Dr. between Nortel and the
Equestrian Park.
Since at least the 21st, a pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers have
begun investigating cavities in Constance Bay, in the same area
where they nested in the past 2 years. Please do not disturb
these sensitive birds.
Last but not least, the Peregrine Falcons on the Crowne Plaza
Hotel have 2 young; the other 2 eggs did not hatch. The Peregrine
Watch is scheduled to begin on June 19.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
